KEY PRACTICE TEST 7

Choose the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.

  1. A. contributedB.usedC. entrustedD. needed
  2. A.ValentineB. imagineC. disciplineD. determine

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions.

  1. A. interestingB. surprisingC. amusingD. successful
  2. A. researchB. assumeC. designD. answer

Choose the word or phrase that is CLOSESTin meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions.

  1. If the headmaster were here, he would sign your papers immediately.

A. right aheadB. currentlyC. formerlyD. right away

  1. The government has launched a new road safety campaign in an attempt to reduce the number of road accidents.

A. To aim to B. to try toC. to plan to D. to intend to

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word or phrase that is OPPOSITE in meaning to the italic part in each of the following questions.

  1. The earth is being threatenedand the future looks bad.

A. doneB. madeC.defendedD. varied

  1. She called me this morning at the office and we had a brief chat.

A.lengthy B. friendlyC. short D. private

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correction

  1. My father used to (A) giving me (B) some good advice (C) whenever I had (D) a problem.
  2. The woman (A) of whom the red car (B) is parked in (C) front of the bank is (D) a famous pop star.
  3. Anne (A) finds her present job really (B) boring. She wants to (C) look for something more (D) challenge.

Choose the correct answer to each of the following questions.

  1. It’s recommended that he ……... this course.

A. take B. takingC. took D. takes

  1. I can’t quite ……... out what the sign says.

A.make B. get C. read D. carry

  1. No sooner had we left the house ……... it started snowing.

A. andB.thanC. whenD. that

  1. John: “Has an announcement been made about the eight o’clock flight to Paris?”

Michael: “……...”

A.Not yetB. Yes, it wasC. I don’t think thatD. Sorry, I don’t

  1. ……..., he felt so unhappy and lonely.

A. In spite of his being wealthB. Rich as was he

C.Rich as he wasD. Despite his wealthy

  1. All his plans for starting his own business fell ……...

A. in B.through C. downD. away

  1. Andy: “I'd like to change some money.”

- Barbara: “ …………………… ”

A. Five tens, please B.Which currency?

C. You haven't signed it. D. What's your account number?

  1. When ……. to explain his mistake, the new employee cleared his throat nervously.

A. askingB. to be asked C. to be askingD.asked

  1. It was not until recently ……... how truthful he was.

A. did we realize B.that we realized

C. which we realizedD. when we realized

  1. During the height of the season, tourists arrive in ……..... to see Shakespeare’s birthplace.

A. loadsB.flocksC. shoalsD.drove

  1. …………... you to change your mind about handing in your notice, we would be happy for you to stay with us.

A. IfB. Unless C. ShouldD.Were

  1. She set ……... some money each month for her holiday.

A.asideB. back C. upD. about

Read the following passage and choose the correct answer to each of the questions.

If parents bring up a child with the sole aim of turning the child into a genius, they will cause a disaster. According to several leading educational psychologists, this is one of the biggest mistakes which ambitious parents make. Generally, the child will be only too aware of what his parents expect, and will fail. Unrealistic parental expectations can cause great damage to children.However, if parents are not too unrealistic about what they expect their children to do, but are ambitious in a sensible way, the child may succeed in doing very well – especially if the parents are very supportive of their child. Michael Collins is very lucky. He is crazy about music, and his parents help him a lot by taking him to concerts and arranging private piano and violin lessons for him. Theyeven drive him 50 kilometers twice a week for violin lessons. Michael’s mother knows very little about music, but his father plays the trumpet in a large orchestra. However, he never makes Michael enter music competitions if he is unwilling. Winston Smith, Michael’s friend, however, is not so lucky. Both his parents are successful musicians, and they set too high a standard for Winston. They want their son to be as successful as they are and so they enter him for every piano competition held. They are very unhappy when he does not win. Winston is always afraid that he will disappoint his parents and now he always seems quiet and unhappy.

  1. One of the serious mistakes parents can make is to ……...

A. push their child into trying too muchB. help their child to become a genius

C. make their child become a musicianD. neglect their child’s education

  1. Who have criticized the methods of some ambitious parents?

A. Successful musicians.B. Unrealistic parents.

C. Their childrenD. Educational psychologists.

  1. Michael Collins is fortunate in that ……...

A. his father is a musicianB. his parents are quite rich

C. his mother knows little about musicD. his parents help him in a sensible way

  1. The phrase "crazy about" in the passage mostly means ……….

A. "surprised at"B."extremely interested in"

C. "completely unaware of"D. "confused about"

  1. Winston’s parents push their son so much and he …………..

A. has won a lot of piano competitionsB. cannot learn much music from them

C. has become a good musicianD.is afraid to disappoint them

  1. The word "They" in the passage refers to …………

A. concerts B.Michael’s parents

C. parents in general D. violin lessons

  1. All of the following people are musical EXCEPT ……………

A. Winston’s fatherB. Winston’s mother

C. Michael’s fatherD.Michael’s mother

  1. The word "unwilling" in the passage mostly means ………..

A. "getting ready to do something"B. "eager to do something"

C. "not objecting to doing anything"D. "not wanting to do something"

Read the following passage and choose the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.

CHILD PRODIGIES

Occasionally a young (32) ……... withvery advanced (33) ……... abilities is admitted to university. These children are of course genius, or prodigies. Typically, they began their (34) ……... studies at university before they are fifteen years old. After finishing their first degree, they usually (35) ……... it ina year or two -they continueto do postgraduate studiesin a specialized fieldofmedicineor science.

Many ofthesetalentedyoungsters receive (36) ……... from very prestigious educational institutions to help pay for their studies. Some of the older students dislike being taught in seminars with a child prodigy. They find it rather annoying when someone so young excels at thesubject so easily while they agonize over their course.Others, however, benefit from the experience of discussing their subject with a child prodigy. The tutors who run the seminars, however, generally enjoy having such gifted students.

  1. A. boyB.childC. misterD. men
  2. A. illiterateB. co-educationalC.academicD. theoretical
  3. A. comprehensiveB. preparatoryC. publicD.undergraduate
  4. A. set outB.sail through(to pass an exam, a test, etc. without any difficulty)

C. get downD. work out

  1. A. schedulesB. licenseC. serviceD.scholarship

Read the following passage and choose the correct answer to each of the questions.

Small pox was the first widespread disease ever to be eliminated by human intervention. A highly contagious viral disease, it was endemic (= native) in Europe, causing the deaths of millions of people until the development of the vaccination by Edward Jenner around1800. In many non-European nations, it remained a dreaded, often fatal illness until the very recently. Its victims suffered high fever, vomiting and painful, itchy pustules (mụn mủ), puss(thick yellowish or greenish liquid that is produced in an infected wound) -filled skin eruptions that left pits (vết rỗ) and pockmark scars (sẹo lõm). In villages and cities all over the world, scarred people showed that they had suffered smallpox.

In May 1966, the World Health Organization (WHO), an agency of the United Nations, was authorized to initiate a global campaign to eradicate smallpox. The goal was to eliminate the disease in one decade. At the time, the disease posed a serious threat to people in thirty nations. More than 700 physicians, nurses, scientists, and other personnel from WHO joined about 200,000 health workers in the infected nations to battle the disease. Because similar project for malaria and yellow fever had failed, few believed that a disease as widespread as smallpox could actually be eradicated, but eleven years after the initial organisation of the anti-smallpox campaign, no cases were reported in the field.

The strategy that developed was to combat the disease at several levels. There was an education campaign, of course, so that the people in the threatened countries could be taught more about how the disease spread and become active participants in the fight against smallpox. Other strategies included not only providing mass vaccinations but also isolating patients with active smallpox in order to contain the spread of the disease, thus breaking the chain of human transmission. Monetary rewards for reporting smallpox assisted in motivating the public to aid health workers. One by one, each smallpox victim was sought out, removed from contact with others, and treated. At the same time, the entire village where the victim had lived was vaccinated.

By April 1978, WHO officials announced that they had isolated the last known case of the disease, but health workers continued to search for the new cases for two additional years to be completely sure. In May1980, a formal statement was made to the global community. Today smallpox is no longer a threat to humanity. Routine vaccinations have been stopped worldwide.

  1. Which is the best title for the passage?

A. The eradication of smallpoxB. The World Health Organization

C. Smallpox VaccinationsD. Infectious Diseases

  1. The word "threat" in paragraph 2 could best be replaced by ……….

A. riskB. debateC. humiliationD. bother

  1. According to the passage, what was the strategy used to eliminate the spread of smallpox?

A. Vaccinations of entire villagesB. Treatment of individual victims

C. Isolation of victims and mass vaccinations

D. extensive reporting of outbreaks

  1. The underlined word "they" refers to………..

A. yearsB. casesC. victimsD. officials

  1. The word "isolated" is closest meaning to…………

A. restoredB. attendedC. separatedD. located

  1. How was the public motivated to help the health workers?

A. by educating themB. by rewarding them for reporting cases

C. by isolating them from othersD. by giving them vaccinations

  1. Which one of the statements does NOT refer to smallpox?

A. Previous projects had failed

B. People are no longer vaccinated for it

C. The WHO mounted a worldwide campaign to eradicate the disease

D. It was a serious threat

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions

  1. The only thing that kept us out of prison was the way he spoke the local dialect.
  1. The way he spoke the local dialect was unique.
  2. We were sent to prison because he spoke only one dialect.
  3. We sent him to prison because he spoke the local language.
  4. But for his command of the local dialect, we would have been put in prison.
  1. The minister’s popularity suffered as a result of the scandal.
  1. The scandal made the minister popular.
  2. Despite the scandal, the minister’s popularity remained the same.
  3. The scandal had a negative effect on the minister’s popularity.
  4. The scandal had a good effect on the minister’s popularity.
  1. Nobody could possibly believe the story he told us.
  1. The story he told us was magical.
  2. It’s possible that he told an unreal story.
  3. It’s possible that he told a real story.
  4. The story he told us was beyond belief.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions

  1. Ann jogs every morning. It is very good for her health.
  1. Ann jogs every morning and is very good for her health.
  2. Ann jogs every morning, which is very good for her health.
  3. Ann jogs every morning and then it is very good for her health.
  4. Ann jogs every morning that it is very good for her health.
  1. John is studying hard. He doesn’t want to fail the next exam.
  1. John is studying hard in order that he not fail the next exam.
  2. John is studying hard in order not to fail the next exam.
  3. John is studying hard in order to fail the next exam.
  4. John is studying hard so as to fail the next exam.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the most suitable response to complete each of the following exchanges

  1. “……………………..” – “No, thank you, that’ll be all”
  1. What would you like?
  2. It’s very kind of you to help me
  3. Would you like anything else?
  4. What kind of food do you like?
  1. Mary: “Let’s buy this purple purse for Mum!”

Tom: “……………………………..”

  1. Yes, you are right.
  2. Fine, thanks.
  3. No, it suits her.
  4. Good idea.

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